Folk Venues in Asheville, NC

Cork and Keg Bar is located inside The Weinhaus, a beer and wine store that has served Asheville for 40 years, an all-ages 50-capacity room offering a genuinely curated beer and wine selection alongside its live music program.

Highland Brewing Company has been Asheville's original craft brewery since 1994, an all-ages 325-capacity taproom hosting most shows Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights, a genuinely foundational part of Asheville's celebrated craft beer culture.

Jack of the Wood is a British Isles style pub in downtown Asheville featuring hot food, cool ales, and sweet live music, a 21+ 60-capacity room with a genuinely authentic Celtic pub character.

LEAF Global Arts Festival has connected cultures and created community through music and arts for 25 years, an all-ages Asheville festival with a genuinely significant legacy in the Southeast arts festival landscape. The festival is currently on hold until 2027.

New Belgium Brewing's Asheville location hosts live music on Friday nights from April through October, an all-ages 325-capacity room continuing the beloved Colorado-founded brewery's tradition in one of its East Coast outposts.

REVOLVE is a contemporary art space in Asheville that functions as part gallery, part studio, part performance and gathering space, an all-ages 50-capacity room with a genuinely mission-driven creative identity.

Sovereign Kava is Asheville's place to unwind from the grind, an 18-and-over 75-capacity room featuring some of the finest musicians in Asheville alongside its kava bar concept, a genuinely distinctive addition to the city's music scene.

Static Age Records is a record store with records, tapes, stereos, shows, and a studio in Asheville, an all-ages room capable of hosting shows any night of the week, a genuinely beloved fixture of the Asheville music community.

Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, formerly Diana Wortham Theatre, is an all-ages 500-capacity Asheville room with genuine architectural significance and a serious commitment to the performing arts community.